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Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 180, no. 24 | monday September 30, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Back again: Justin timberlake’s
album shows range. PAGE 5
find out more about the
firing of lane Kiffin. PAGE 12
USC fires head coach Lane Kiffin
by nick burton
daily trojan
Athletic Director Pat Haden
terminated former coach Lane
Kiffin early Sunday morning,
and introduced former defensive
line coach Ed Orgeron as USC’s
interim football coach in a
press conference in the team
auditorium Sunday afternoon.
Haden fired Kiffin in a small
room at Los Angeles International
Airport after the team returned
from a 62-41 embarrassment at
the hands of Arizona State.
“I thought this was the right
time,” Haden said. “At the end of
the day it became a gut feeling
that we weren’t making the
progress we needed to make.”
Orgeron, 52, is in his 11th
season at USC. He served as the
Trojans’ defensive line coach and
recruiting coordinator from 1998-2004
before leaving to become the head
coach at Ole Miss. Orgeron went
just 10-25 in three years at Ole
Miss before being let go after the
2007 season.
He spent 2008 as the defensive
line coach of the NFL’s New
Orleans Saints before Kiffin
hired him at Tennessee prior to
the 2009 season. When Kiffin
left Tennessee to return to Troy,
Orgeron returned with him, and
has served as the defensive line
coach and recruiting coordinator
since.
“I want to thank Pat Haden,
USC President Max Nikias and
the Trojan family for trusting
me to be the head coach at USC,”
Orgeron said. “It’s an unfortunate
day today. We are here as a staff
to answer the bell.”
Haden and Orgeron, as well
as senior defensive lineman
Devon Kennard and junior center
Marcus Martin, who are both
team captains, all thanked Kiffin
for his work and dedication to the
program, but acknowledged it
was time to move forward.
“We’re excited about a new
opportunity,” Kennard said. “It’s
a new beginning.”
Kiffin went 28-15 in three-plus
seasons at USC, including losses
in seven of the last 11 games. Cries
for Kiffin’s firing started after
the disastrous 2012 season, when
USC started the season ranked No
1 in the country but finished just
7-6. But Haden said he did not fire
Kiffin then because the Trojans
had won 10 games in 2011, and
Haden believed last season to be
an anomaly.
According to Haden, Kiffin
was “clearly disappointed” when
informed of the decision close to
Athletic Director Pat Haden
chose Ed Orgeron as USC’s
interim head football coach.
| see kIffIn, page 10 |
ralf cheung | Daily Trojan
Exit Lane · USC head coach Lane Kiffin was fired early Sunday morning following a heart-wrenching
loss to the Arizona State Sun Devils in Tempe, Ariz. This was Kiffin’s fourth season with the Trojans.
teCnology
by jingyi wang
daily trojan
USC students competed to use
transmedia storytelling strategies
to raise environmental awareness
in South Los Angeles communities
at CRUNCH Hackathon over the
weekend.
The 24-hour event was organized
by the USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism’s
Innovation Lab, and held at WeWork,
a co-working office in Hollywood.
Co-working offices are spaces where
mobile employees can go to work
with others who do not work in their
companies’ offices.
The hackathon was divided
into two parts. For the first part,
on Friday afternoon, participants
formed teams and came up with
transmedia storytelling designs.
For the second part of the event
on Saturday morning, participants
presented their environmental
protection projects and competed
to win the final prize. Their projects
were judged according to several
criteria including the originality
and creativity of their proposal,
the integration of transmedia
storytelling strategies and how
much the project would increase
awareness of the environmental
issue at hand.
The judges for the event were
Aaron Koblin, creative director
of the Data Arts Team at Google
and innovator-in-residence at
the Annenberg Innovation Lab;
Kamal Sinclair, senior manager
of the Sundance Institute’s New
Frontier Story Lab; Shauna Nep,
social innovation manager at the
Goldhirsh Foundation and Erin
Reilly, creative director of the
Annenberg Innovation Lab.
“It’s a value exercise. It allows
you to quickly think about a lot
of different things,” Koblin said
of the event. “It’s an opportunity
to try something you might not
otherwise.”
The winning team was made
up of four USC students: Alex
Zelenty, a senior majoring in film
and television production; Sonia
Guggenheim, a sophomore majoring
USC students compete in
environmental hackathon
Participants formed teams
and designed games to inform
users about ecological issues.
| see hAckAthon, page 3 |
by kate guarino
daily trojan
This Saturday marked the first
Unity Street Fair organized by
USC’s Students Organizing for
Literacy, Inclusion and Diversity.
The event brought together USC
students, community members,
the Dept. of Public Safety and the
Los Angeles Police Department.
The event was hosted partly
in response to allegations of
racial profiling and misconduct
after LAPD broke up a party of
predominantly black students on
May 4 of last year.
The fair welcomed more than
300 people to the park at the
Hoover Recreational Center at the
intersection of Hoover Street and
Adams Boulevard and was part
of a summerlong collaboration
among law enforcement, SOLID
and multiple student organizations
including the Black Student
Assembly, the Black Social Work
Caucus and USChange Movement.
The fair featured a raffle of
donated items, a disc jockey
and various food options. The
park housed different booths set
up by organizations including
SOLID and the Black Student
Assembly. LAPD University Park
Task Force also had a booth of
uniformed officers who spoke with
community members. DPS officers
in uniform patrolled the event
while others, including Chief John
Thomas, came in plain clothes and
mingled with guests.
SOLID Executive Director Paul
Young, a second-year graduate
student in the School of Social
Work, said the event coordinators
hoped to emphasize a spirit
of collaboration between law
enforcement and the community
that went beyond fighting for the
students affected on May 4.
“We wanted to have a different
response,” Young said. “Instead
of just advocating for that group
we wanted to advocate for the
neighborhood, for other students
of color. We wanted to put together
an event where we can show
something positive can come out
of the situation.”
Selam Kidane, a second-year
graduate student at the School of
Social Work and member of the
Black Social Work Caucus, said
there is often a culture of fear
surrounding law enforcement, but
that dialogue is the key to making
lasting changes.
“I’d hope that more candid
conversations can take place with
the community and LAPD and DPS
around some of the things that
have happened that have scarred
the community,” Kidane said.
LAPD and DPS have
been meeting with student
organizations and have worked to
change party protocol so that DPS
officers will be the ones to act as
first responders.
Sergeant Jon Pinto of LAPD
Southwest Division and the
University Park Task Force said
the task force, which patrols the
area surrounding USC, has also
held weekly meetings with DPS to
create a unified set of policies to
close parties and issue warnings.
“We’ve been working with
several organizations at USC to
heal some of the concerns that the
community has and to show the
community and university that
we’re working in partnership,”
Pinto said.
Makiah Green, a first-year
graduate student in the master of
professional writing program and
student leader of the USChange
Movement, said the purpose of the
Street fair unites people and police
The fair was held partly in
response to allegations of
racial profiling bylocal police.
| see unIty, page 2 |
Community

Student newSpaper of the univerSity of Southern California SinCe 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | vol. 180, no. 24 | monday September 30, 2013
InDEX 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Back again: Justin timberlake’s
album shows range. PAGE 5
find out more about the
firing of lane Kiffin. PAGE 12
USC fires head coach Lane Kiffin
by nick burton
daily trojan
Athletic Director Pat Haden
terminated former coach Lane
Kiffin early Sunday morning,
and introduced former defensive
line coach Ed Orgeron as USC’s
interim football coach in a
press conference in the team
auditorium Sunday afternoon.
Haden fired Kiffin in a small
room at Los Angeles International
Airport after the team returned
from a 62-41 embarrassment at
the hands of Arizona State.
“I thought this was the right
time,” Haden said. “At the end of
the day it became a gut feeling
that we weren’t making the
progress we needed to make.”
Orgeron, 52, is in his 11th
season at USC. He served as the
Trojans’ defensive line coach and
recruiting coordinator from 1998-2004
before leaving to become the head
coach at Ole Miss. Orgeron went
just 10-25 in three years at Ole
Miss before being let go after the
2007 season.
He spent 2008 as the defensive
line coach of the NFL’s New
Orleans Saints before Kiffin
hired him at Tennessee prior to
the 2009 season. When Kiffin
left Tennessee to return to Troy,
Orgeron returned with him, and
has served as the defensive line
coach and recruiting coordinator
since.
“I want to thank Pat Haden,
USC President Max Nikias and
the Trojan family for trusting
me to be the head coach at USC,”
Orgeron said. “It’s an unfortunate
day today. We are here as a staff
to answer the bell.”
Haden and Orgeron, as well
as senior defensive lineman
Devon Kennard and junior center
Marcus Martin, who are both
team captains, all thanked Kiffin
for his work and dedication to the
program, but acknowledged it
was time to move forward.
“We’re excited about a new
opportunity,” Kennard said. “It’s
a new beginning.”
Kiffin went 28-15 in three-plus
seasons at USC, including losses
in seven of the last 11 games. Cries
for Kiffin’s firing started after
the disastrous 2012 season, when
USC started the season ranked No
1 in the country but finished just
7-6. But Haden said he did not fire
Kiffin then because the Trojans
had won 10 games in 2011, and
Haden believed last season to be
an anomaly.
According to Haden, Kiffin
was “clearly disappointed” when
informed of the decision close to
Athletic Director Pat Haden
chose Ed Orgeron as USC’s
interim head football coach.
| see kIffIn, page 10 |
ralf cheung | Daily Trojan
Exit Lane · USC head coach Lane Kiffin was fired early Sunday morning following a heart-wrenching
loss to the Arizona State Sun Devils in Tempe, Ariz. This was Kiffin’s fourth season with the Trojans.
teCnology
by jingyi wang
daily trojan
USC students competed to use
transmedia storytelling strategies
to raise environmental awareness
in South Los Angeles communities
at CRUNCH Hackathon over the
weekend.
The 24-hour event was organized
by the USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Journalism’s
Innovation Lab, and held at WeWork,
a co-working office in Hollywood.
Co-working offices are spaces where
mobile employees can go to work
with others who do not work in their
companies’ offices.
The hackathon was divided
into two parts. For the first part,
on Friday afternoon, participants
formed teams and came up with
transmedia storytelling designs.
For the second part of the event
on Saturday morning, participants
presented their environmental
protection projects and competed
to win the final prize. Their projects
were judged according to several
criteria including the originality
and creativity of their proposal,
the integration of transmedia
storytelling strategies and how
much the project would increase
awareness of the environmental
issue at hand.
The judges for the event were
Aaron Koblin, creative director
of the Data Arts Team at Google
and innovator-in-residence at
the Annenberg Innovation Lab;
Kamal Sinclair, senior manager
of the Sundance Institute’s New
Frontier Story Lab; Shauna Nep,
social innovation manager at the
Goldhirsh Foundation and Erin
Reilly, creative director of the
Annenberg Innovation Lab.
“It’s a value exercise. It allows
you to quickly think about a lot
of different things,” Koblin said
of the event. “It’s an opportunity
to try something you might not
otherwise.”
The winning team was made
up of four USC students: Alex
Zelenty, a senior majoring in film
and television production; Sonia
Guggenheim, a sophomore majoring
USC students compete in
environmental hackathon
Participants formed teams
and designed games to inform
users about ecological issues.
| see hAckAthon, page 3 |
by kate guarino
daily trojan
This Saturday marked the first
Unity Street Fair organized by
USC’s Students Organizing for
Literacy, Inclusion and Diversity.
The event brought together USC
students, community members,
the Dept. of Public Safety and the
Los Angeles Police Department.
The event was hosted partly
in response to allegations of
racial profiling and misconduct
after LAPD broke up a party of
predominantly black students on
May 4 of last year.
The fair welcomed more than
300 people to the park at the
Hoover Recreational Center at the
intersection of Hoover Street and
Adams Boulevard and was part
of a summerlong collaboration
among law enforcement, SOLID
and multiple student organizations
including the Black Student
Assembly, the Black Social Work
Caucus and USChange Movement.
The fair featured a raffle of
donated items, a disc jockey
and various food options. The
park housed different booths set
up by organizations including
SOLID and the Black Student
Assembly. LAPD University Park
Task Force also had a booth of
uniformed officers who spoke with
community members. DPS officers
in uniform patrolled the event
while others, including Chief John
Thomas, came in plain clothes and
mingled with guests.
SOLID Executive Director Paul
Young, a second-year graduate
student in the School of Social
Work, said the event coordinators
hoped to emphasize a spirit
of collaboration between law
enforcement and the community
that went beyond fighting for the
students affected on May 4.
“We wanted to have a different
response,” Young said. “Instead
of just advocating for that group
we wanted to advocate for the
neighborhood, for other students
of color. We wanted to put together
an event where we can show
something positive can come out
of the situation.”
Selam Kidane, a second-year
graduate student at the School of
Social Work and member of the
Black Social Work Caucus, said
there is often a culture of fear
surrounding law enforcement, but
that dialogue is the key to making
lasting changes.
“I’d hope that more candid
conversations can take place with
the community and LAPD and DPS
around some of the things that
have happened that have scarred
the community,” Kidane said.
LAPD and DPS have
been meeting with student
organizations and have worked to
change party protocol so that DPS
officers will be the ones to act as
first responders.
Sergeant Jon Pinto of LAPD
Southwest Division and the
University Park Task Force said
the task force, which patrols the
area surrounding USC, has also
held weekly meetings with DPS to
create a unified set of policies to
close parties and issue warnings.
“We’ve been working with
several organizations at USC to
heal some of the concerns that the
community has and to show the
community and university that
we’re working in partnership,”
Pinto said.
Makiah Green, a first-year
graduate student in the master of
professional writing program and
student leader of the USChange
Movement, said the purpose of the
Street fair unites people and police
The fair was held partly in
response to allegations of
racial profiling bylocal police.
| see unIty, page 2 |
Community